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Sunday, February 10, 2013

Current Affairs-Shahbagh rally in Bangla Desh rolls into sixth day

Dhaka, 10 February: The spirited demonstrators in
their thousands gathered at Shahbagh intersection for the sixth straight
day today (Sunday) to stage sit-in demanding execution of Jamaat leader
Abdul Quader Mollah and all other war criminals.As
in the last five days, people from all walks of life, mainly students,
started gathering at the intersection, now known as Prajanma Chattar,
since morning shouting various slogans in support of their demand and
against anti-liberation forces.
Today’s programme started with a slogan demanding return to the 1972 constitution.
Vehicular movement which remained halted since Tuesday resumed on the
left side of Birdem Hospital from Bangla Motor to Press Club at 9 am.
But the traffic may be halted again with the growing of the crowd.
The cricketers of the national team are likely to express their solidarity with the demonstrators today.
Meanwhile, Duronto Rajshahi, a team of Bangladesh Premier League
(BPL), expressed solidarity with the demonstrators. “We’re lucky that
Pakistani cricketers are not there in BPL. In the future, Duronto
Rajshahi won’t hire Pakistani cricketers either,” Duronto Rajshahi its
Chairman Mushfiqur Rahman Mohan, said
On Tuesday, International Crimes Tribunal-2 (ICT-2) sentenced Abdul
Quader Mollah, assistant general secretary of Bangladesh
Jamaat-e-Islami, to life term imprisonment for his war crimes against
humanity during the Liberation War in 1971, triggering widespread
protests.
The mass uproar at Shahbagh erupted just hours after the verdict when
an online activists’ group, Blogger and Online Activists Network
(BOAN), gave a call through online social networks to wage protests
against the verdict. (UNB)